Containers:

Box 898, Sleeve 124893.01

Identifier:

BANC PIC 2006.029--NEG

Dates:

1943-04-19

Creators:

Sayers

Scope and content:

Wholesale produce farmers market. Includes George Abri and Albert Micheli. Note enclosed in sleeve: Unloading produce by portable conveyor, trucks roll into market at Washington Street and Davis Street, truck traffic at Washington Street and Davis Street, the heart of the produce market center, produce being inspected and sorted, produce buyer Pete Lanzi bargaining with George A. Teglia on carrots and green onions, veteran produce buyer A. Ragghianti bids against Pete Lanzi while George Taglia, owner, takes a bid on a shipment, Lettuce from Modesto unloaded by Vinc Sbragia, Mike Athanastos and Frank Kane, trucker, who has driven all night long, pioneer produce firm of A. Levy and Zentner Co.. once stacked to ceiling now shows half of former stock due to shortages of produce. Shortages apply to all firms. Hand trucks made necessary in deliveries from market dealers to retail buyers unable to move trucks into market due to congestion and a day's work finished at 7 o'clock but after night long unloading, Bill Maffei relaxes and reads before going home to bed. With him is Joseph Belli, truck driver, who will head back to shipping points several hundred miles away for another produce load destined for San Francisco's table. (neighborhood)

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